Protest broke out in Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, on Monday, over high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship being experienced in Nigeria. Staged in the Mokola area of Ibadan, the state capital, placard-carrying youths in their droves chanted songs to drive home their points.
Some of the placards have inscriptions such as ‘End food hike and inflation’, ‘The poor is starving’, ‘Tinubu, don’t forget your promises’, amongst others.
They chanted various songs calling on the Federal Government to live up to its electoral promises and stop the suffering across Nigeria.
Similar protests were also held at Sango and Iwo road areas within Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The protesters hoped that the government would consider these protests and do something to reduce the suffering of Nigerian masses.
Armed policemen were seen at the protest scenes even as demonstrators held the peaceful rally against the economic hardship in the land occasioned by the removal of petrol subsidy and the unification of the foreign exchange windows. The police had on Sunday warned that no breach of peace would be allowed during any protest in the state.
The protest in Oyo followed others in Kano, Minna, amongst others, over economic hardship occasioned by petrol subsidy removal, food inflation, and high cost of living.
Credit: channelstv.com
